Posted on 10/12/2014 5:56:53 PM PDT by cotton1706
GOP strategist Karl Rove is predicting nine states will flip from Democrat to Republican in the November 4 Senate elections, but he's also predicting three will go the other way.
If he's right, that would still give Republicans control of the Senate by the slimmest of margins — 51-49.
Appearing on "Fox News Sunday," Rove listed his predictions for Republican pickups — from most- to least-likely — as Montana, West Virginia, South Dakota, Alaska, Louisiana, Arkansas, Iowa, Colorado and North Carolina.
His predictions for GOP losses were Kansas, Georgia and Kentucky.
Rove predicted a "barn burner" in South Dakota, where Republican Mike Rounds leads Democrat Rick Weiland and independent Larry Pressler in a three-way race. In the end, Rove predicts Rounds will prevail.
Democratic operative Joe Trippi admitted that the races in Alaska, Louisiana and Arkansas all are "moving in the wrong direction for Democrats." All three, see incumbents below what Trippi said is the magical number of 45 percent.
"If you're under 50 it's a problem if you're an incumbent," Trippi said. "Undecideds are either going to stay home or break away from the incumbents in these races."
Trippi sees a similar problem for Republican Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts, sitting at 42.3 percent, according to Real Clear Politics. His challenger, independent Greg Orman, has 44.7 percent
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I still think NH is a pickup.
Could someone please tell NewsMax and FoxNews that we really don’t give a flip what Karl “Tokyo” Rove says about.......anything?
I’d rather have a democrat in that seat than McConnell. I know, I know...flame me if you wanna.
My logic is that I’d rather have an enemy I know than a chameleon that works in the shadows to defeat the conservative cause.
I don’t trust any Rove predictions at all. He ranks North Carolina above Kentucky and Georgia? We’re not going to lose those before NC. Rove foisted Tillis is on us and is running a lackluster campaign. He can’t admit failure.
I’m with you.
Rove made no such assertion about McConnell losing. Whoever is claiming this is ill-informed or lying. Rove simply said that KY, KS and GA remain a concern.
I’d probably agree with the assessment then
McConnell dug his own grave and got in it.
The GOPe screwed us in the primaries, but we got Cantor and getting McCockle will be even better.
Newsmax is peddling misinformation then.
indeed
It is ok for "Three Dog Night", BTO, Eddy Money etc to do their greatest hits / reunion concerts years after they were "hot". We need a paradigm change for the Roves and Bubba Clinton's of the world as they need to go to the metaphorical glue factory for political has-beens because they are feeling like one hit wonders we don't want to hear anymore on any oldies station...
McConnell losing won’t bother me at all and if the GOP gets a majority without McConnell it will be pleasant
Enough to impeach the enemy within? That’s all that matters.
If he is right it means the Demonrats will run the Senate with Ayotte. McCrazy and his girlfriend Linsey Grahamnasty caucusing with Dicky Turbin and Chuckles Schumer.
Act 1 will be Amnesty.
It’d be wonderful to see Republicans take the senate without McConnell. Then it’d be beautiful to see Ormen having to either break his promise to caucus with the majority or just become a non-player.
It’s an attempt to ramp up the vote...scare some voters into turning out!!!
Karl who?
You really want to reinvigorate the Lundergan establishment for several more decades? That’s not a good idea.
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